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1. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/1
Title:
'Preliminary Surveys' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers a route from Harrar and Dire Daua in eastern Abyssinia westwards to Adis Ababa, and then three alternate routes southwards to the border.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
27 map sheets

2. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/2
Title:
'B[ou]nd[ar]y. Work.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Covers a 680-mile route along the southern Abyssinia border from Dolo in the east to Mount Naita in the west. 'Reproduced in 3 sheets 1/500,000 G[eographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff]. 2485 (Anglo Ab[yssinia]. b[oun]d[ar]y) See also R[oyal].G[eographical].S[ociety]. map 1/2,000,000'. - War O...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
12 map sheets

3. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/3

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/3
Title:
'Work by Cavalry sketching case.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Traverse covering a 280-mile route from Malka Sala on the southern Abyssinia border south-westwards to Eil Wak and then northwards to Banissa to a width of approximately 4 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, roads and tracks, settlements, wells, place names and survey sight lines, a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
4 map sheets

4. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/4

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/4
Title:
'Revised Draft. S.& S.W. of Addis Abbaba.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'C.W. Gwynn Major R.E. 10.12.09.'
Scope & Content:
Compilation of the plane table surveys produced at ABY/27/1/2 and ABY/27/1/3 depicting the routes taken from Murle and Maji respectively by the Anglo-Abyssinian Boundary Commission on return from the southern Abyssinia boundary to Addis Abbaba . (Note: Murle is just outside the southern limit of...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/5

Reference (shelfmark):
WOMAT/AFR/ABY/27/5
Title:
'Africa. Sheets 67.J,K,L,N,O,P. with M[anu]S[cript]. Add[itio]ns. showing extent of Maj.Gwynn's work.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Graphic index showing the extent of the northern sheets of the Southern Abyssinia Boundary Commission preliminary surveys filed at ABY/27/1. The base maps are from T[opographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff]., No. 1764 (all dated 1905), filed at Maps MOD TSGS 1764, and portray hydrology, relief ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1909
Extent:
6 map sheets